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Aux origines du mot 'transhumanisme'
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dard, Olivier Moatti, Alexandre |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | EnglishAn increasing number of books and articles have appeared in recent years on the theme of transhumanism, prompted by the extremely rapid scientific and technical progress that seems to bode well for proponents of this school of thought. Transhumanism, which was popularized in North America in the 1960s (by, among others, Ray Kurzweil) and particularly in the 1980s (when a movement of significant scale formed around these ideas), advocates the use of science and technology to improve the physical and mental characteristics of human beings and hence push humanity beyond the human condition in the narrow sense. The term “transhumanism” is not, however, a recent one, as Olivier Dard and Alexandre Moatti show in this 'Futures of Yesteryear' feature: it goes back, at least, to the 1930s and might even predate the 20th century. This article looks at the semantic origins of the term and the authors who presided over its emergence, enabling us to put a fashionable concept back into context. francaisDe plus en plus d'ouvrages et articles portant sur le transhumanisme paraissent depuis quelques annees, a la faveur de progres scientifiques et techniques extremement rapides, et prometteurs aux yeux de ceux qui adherent a ce mouvement. Popularise outre-Atlantique dans les annees 1960 (avec notamment Ray Kurzweil) et surtout les annees 1980 (quand un mouvement d'ampleur significative se federe autour de ces idees), le transhumanisme preconise l'utilisation des sciences et des techniques afin d'ameliorer les caracteristiques physiques et mentales des etres humains, donc de pousser l'homme au-dela de sa condition humaine stricto sensu. Pourtant, le vocable “transhumanisme” n'est pas si recent, comme le montrent dans ce “Futur d'antan” Olivier Dard et Alexandre Moatti: il remonte au plus tard aux annees 1930, voire pourrait etre anterieur au XXe siecle. Cet article presente les origins semantiques du terme et les auteurs qui l'ont fait emerger, permettant ainsi de remettre un concept en vogue dans son contexte. |
| Starting Page | 85 |
| Ending Page | 94 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01618448/document |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
